Improvement in farm-gate



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JOHN DIIOKASON, VEVAY, AND GEORGE W. D. CULP, OF MOORES HILL,

INDIANA, ,ASSIGNORS TO JOHN DIOKASON.`

team Patent No. 98,573, data .anuw 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN' FARM-GATE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, J oHN DIoKAsoN, of Vevay, in the county of Switzerland, and State of Indiana, and GEORGE W. D. yGULP, of Moores Hill, in the county of Dearborn, and State of Indiana, have iuvented a new and useful Improvement in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

y making part of this specification.

plan of the hinge-end of Yone pair at each end of the gate, by round bolts o1' pins, F.

A diagonal-brace, formed of two strips, G G', 107 cated on each side of the rails, is pivoted to the bot# tom rail, near its front end, by the bolt H.

The strips composing the diagonal brace are connected together, atV theirupper ends, by bolts I I'.

The bolt I- may be caused to engage one f the series of pins, J, secured in the upper edge of the upper rail of tbe gate, near its rear end. The pins have a backward ralrel7 I The lever K is pivoted to the upper end of the rear stile. It is located immediately over the pins J, and between the upper and lower bolts I' and I..

A retainingdoop, L, is pivoted to the upper rail, in such a locality, that when the lever K is down, the

- loop may. engage the extreme end thereof.

The hinge Mv is constructed in two parts.

The strap a is made of thin metal, one end of which is curved, to form the eye a'.' The opposite end is turned down', in such a manner, that the bolts which secure `it to the rail are not in the same grain of the wood, rendering the'rail more secure under the sagging strain.

The eye a', of the hinge, is of much greater diameter than the stud b, about which it revolves on the fast section or staple rl1' of the hinge.

'The eyea' is designed to be circular in any crosssection thereof, which form permits an easy motion in the bowed neck b of the staple of the hinge M.

The lever N has its lower end pivoted to one of the rails of the gate ato. It is also pivoted to the sliding latch O, which is confined, though freely moving, between the strips comprising the diagonal brace and stiles, at the free end of the gate.

The lever N terminates, above the top rail, in the handle d.

,A check-pin, c, projects from the upper rail of the gate, nearer stiles D D than is the pivoted end of the lever N.

The'long vertical slot f is made in the angle of' the post B. The bolts which confine the rails between the stiles, are employed to secure the hinges to the rails, thus subserving two purposes. One other bolt is used to secure the other end of each hinge to the rail; When the gate sags, in the manner indicated in g. 1, the retaining-loop L is ldisengaged om the end of the lever K, which may be elevated, the diagonal brace is lifted clear of the pins J, andthe free end of the gate freed from the ground. The bolt I may then'be located between pins J, in a manner to sec-ure the desired adjustment. The retaining-,loop L is replaced over the end 0f the lever.

In passing through the gateway, the latch is. slid back, by means of the lever attached to it. When the gate is closed, the latch is slid out, by the gravity of the upper end of the lever, which, being prevented from passing the vertical position by the check-pin e, causes-thelatch to enter the slot f iu the post B, without assistance. Ihe pin o may be dispensed with, by arrangingthe latch in such `a manner, that when thrown back, it will meet the rail of the gate immediately above, and prevent the `lever passingthe perpendicular.

Whatwe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Constructing the staple of the hinge with the downward-bowing neck b, of circular section, and the stra-p a, and eye a', of the hinge M, substantially as herein shown,'and for the purpose set forth and described, to ins'ure a vertical motion of the gate when in any position.

2. The sliding latch O, pivoted to the lever N, said lever extending -abo've the top of the gate, and being arrangedl'in an inclined position, so that its gravity shall cause the latch to operate automatically when the lever is released, substantially as described.

JOHN DIGKASON. GEO. W. 1). CULI.

Witnesses: l

THEODORE LlvrNes, SOPHLA E. DIcKAsoN. 

